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Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:23

CVPP Project Progress and Results Background
The Cassava Village Processing Project (CVPP) implemented by FCI with AGRA Market Access support has generated frontline evidence of the market potential for cassava as a mainstream raw material in the leading food, feed and industrial market segments in East Africa. Through the CVPP intervention, 54,095 households have are participating in farm level cassava commercialization with a current 64,914 acres of cassava. CVPP promotes market-led interventions based on smallholder cassava commercialization based on the Commercial Village Model. Read more...

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:41

Project Progress and Results
Key Milestones:

Domestic Horticulture Markets (DoHoMa) entered its second year of implementation in September 2011 and has continued to increase the production and incomes for the small holder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Malawi. Currently the project works with 107,473 farmers against the target of 70,000 farmers. The mobilized traders are 3,265 and those linked to the commercial villages are 1,368 who source their commodities from the smallholder farmers participating in the project. Read more...

Monday, 11 February 2013 18:57

FCI Sponsors 4th Annual Embu Open Youth Tournament

The Youth Tournament, sponsored by Farm Concern International took place at Kangaru Secondary School in Embu on 9th to 10th February 2013. Read more...

Mrs. Melinda Gates, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

“... I was lucky enough to accompany Kofi Annan to see an AGRA project run by an NGO called Farm Concern International. What struck me most is how the project is designed with the utmost care for how farmers actually live. Read more...

Wednesday, 10 October 2012 01:15

Market Linkages Make a Difference for Malawi Farmers

The expectation of numerous Irish potato farmers in Chisinkha Commercial Village is to buy seed, harvest high yields and make sales.That is the simplest explanation one gets for the improved lives of many small holder potato farmers in Malawi.

Africa’s Green Revolution will be led by smallholder farmers like Joyce Meena

Joyce Meena and her husband Elia are smallholder farmers in Mbuguni Commercial Village, Arusha Tanzania which is also a Farm Concern International Site for the Cassava Village Processing Programme (CVPP) supported by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). In the words of AGRA President,

Mr. Kofi A. Annan, Chairman Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

“... Across the board, there must be an unwavering focus on improving the productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers – most of whom are women. We must support small-holder producers Read more...

Mrs. Jane Karuku, President Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

“... Subsistence farming should not be seen as an acceptable way of life, and governments and private sector organisations must invest in the development of an African agribusiness sector in which smallholders can participate Read more...